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Nortel to sell itself off in pieces

Technology / Business

created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Nortel Networks, once a technology giant, has decided to sell itself off in pieces rather than attempt to emerge from bankruptcy as a restructured company.





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This smart wheelchair has laser vision

This smart wheelchair has laser vision

Technology / Engineering

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability, John Spletzer believes, should no longer pose any obstacle to mobility. A blind person may not be able to see or a paraplegic to walk, but each can access the technology available ...


Study shows brief training in meditation may help manage pain

Medicine & Health / Health

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Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope.


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iPhone worm Rickrolls Australia

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 4 hours ago | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhone users in Australia have been hit during the last few days with a worm called "ikee". The worm replaces the default wallpaper with a difficult to remove picture of British singer Rick ...


EU objects to Oracle's takeover of Sun (AP)

EU objects to Oracle's takeover of Sun

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created 13 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- European antitrust regulators have formally objected to Sun Microsystems Inc.'s planned $7.4 billion sale to Oracle Corp., escalating a battle over a deal that has already been cleared in the U.S.


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Solving big problems with new quantum algorithm

Physics / Quantum Physics

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recently published paper, Aram Harrow at the University of Bristol and colleagues from MIT in the United States have discovered a quantum algorithm that solves large problems much faster ...


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Google ordered to pay 500,000 dlrs to F1 racer Barrichello

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created 16 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut.


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'Cloud' computing market 14 bln dollars by 2014: Gartner

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Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013.


L-R: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet and John Cusack at the premiere of "2012"

NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.


Video fingerprinting offers search solution

Video fingerprinting offers search solution

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The explosive growth of video on the internet calls for new ways of sorting and searching audiovisual content. A team of European researchers has developed a groundbreaking solution that is ...


Tagged.com settles with NY, Texas in invite fight

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(AP) -- The social networking site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after an attorney general alleged that the Web site essentially stole the identities of some 60 million Internet users.



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